Store additional metadata for ExpressionExperiment and BioAssay in the database #668
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We currently store EE metadata under
metadata/{shortName}
and detect a certain number of file formats organized in subdirectories.This has however limitations because we cannot associate EEs with arbitrary metadata files, and we need to adjust the code if new format are to be supported. We also have no solution right now for attaching metadata to individual samples like FastQC reports.
This proposal here is storing blobs in the database with more flexible metadata and allows us to attach them at both the dataset and individual sample levels.
ExpressionExperimentDataFetchController
to also list metadata found in the database